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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Our pursuit of happiness: from the founders to today

We explore how the pursuit of happiness has evolved in America with constitutional law scholar Jeffrey Rosen and cognitive scientist Laurie Santos.

Air Date: June 26, 2026 12:00 pm

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Courts & Law

Lawsuit claims Philadelphia ICE Field Office has ‘unlawfully’ re-detained people at immigration check-ins

Plaintiffs include three Philadelphia residents who fear being re-detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at their next routine check-ins.

4 days ago

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Community

Camden County offers free legal services to military personnel and veterans

Attorneys will help prepare documents like wills and powers of attorney for free.

1 week ago

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Courts & Law

Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments over constitutionality of age-restricted gun law

Delaware gun rights advocates cheered last year’s overturning of the gun control law, but took issue with the court’s method.

3 weeks ago

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The Pulse
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When Healthcare Meets the Law: Abortion, Cannabis, and Corporate Medicine

From abortion to medical marijuana, a look at how politics and the law impact our healthcare

Air Date: June 5, 2026

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Las bebidas con infusión de THC han proliferado en las licorerías de Delaware
Politics & Policy

Un proyecto de ley excluiría a las tiendas que venden productos derivados de cannabis y restringiría la venta de bebidas con THC en Delaware a las licorerías, los dispensarios de cannabis y las microcervecerías

Las tiendas que venden productos de CBD no tendrían permitido ofrecer bebidas embriagantes, mientras los legisladores hacen un segundo intento por regular la materia.

4 weeks ago

Studio 2

The state of ICE detention and deportation

Protests at Newark’s Delaney Hall are drawing public attention to conditions in ICE detention facilities.

Air Date: June 2, 2026 12:00 pm

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Politics & Policy

Trump administration green card changes: Here’s what you need to know

The policy could be “devastating” for tens of thousands of people in Philadelphia who have applied for a green card via the adjustment of status process.

4 weeks ago

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Politics & Policy

Groups founded by billionaire Koch brothers sue Delaware over campaign finance law requiring donor disclosure

The federal lawsuit charges that the 2012 law serves to “chill free speech," but a state official says the plaintiffs are “trying to keep dark money dark.”

1 month ago

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Politics & Policy

Bill would cut out hemp shops, restrict sales of THC drinks in Delaware to liquor and cannabis stores, microbreweries

Stores that sell CBD products would not be permitted to offer the intoxicating beverages as lawmakers take a second crack at regulation.

1 month ago

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Courts & Law

“Absurdo”: Juez federal de Delaware fustiga el último intento del estado de retener registros de empleados en una investigación de ICE

El gobernador Matt Meyer ha prometido “combatir el exceso de autoridad federal”. Ahora quiere que el tribunal de apelaciones de Filadelfia suspenda la orden.

1 month ago

the back of A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
Courts & Law

‘Preposterous’: Delaware federal judge castigates state’s latest bid to withhold employee records in ICE probe

Gov. Matt Meyer has vowed to “fight federal overreach.” Now he wants the appeals court in Philadelphia to pause, and then overturn, the order.

2 months ago

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This episode is from Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison, a podcast production from Studio 2 co-host Cherri Gregg and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting
Studio 2
Courts & Law

Dying on the Inside: What happens to aging women in prison?

Soon, 1 in 3 incarcerated people will be over 50. But prisons are not equipped to handle the aging population. A new podcast by Studio 2's Cherri Gregg explores this dilemma.

Air Date: May 6, 2026 1:00 pm

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Urban Planning

South Jersey woman contesting eminent domain seizure of her property: ‘They could build around me’

The law firm representing Middle Township claims a planned housing development will help community members.

2 months ago

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Politics & Policy

‘Game the system’: Philadelphia state legislator seeks to outlaw insider betting on prediction markets

Rep. Tarik Khan says he was motivated after a U.S. special forces soldier won $400,000 betting on the capture of Venezuela's president before the raid was carried out.

2 months ago

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